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From: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com>
To: Franck Bui-Huu <vagabon.xyz@gmail.com>
Cc: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>,
	ralf@linux-mips.org, macro@linux-mips.org,
	linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] Deforest the function pointer jungle in the time code.
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:34:29 +0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <46782FC5.7000901@ru.mvista.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <467811D0.3070409@ru.mvista.com>

Hello, I wrote:

>> It matters only for clock source (well I
>> think) that's why I suggested to rewrite a clock source driver only
>> for this platform...

>    Yeah, this platform certainly *needs* another clocksource than the 

    Not necessarily so -- we could use count1 *exclusively* as clocksource 
after some setup, i.e. setting its comparator to all ones, hooking its IRQ and 
enabling the counting.

> counter used for the clock events -- currently it's count/compare 2.

    ... and use that one as clockevent.

>    And this platform also *needs* a separate clocksource driver as well 

    I meant to say "clockevent" here. :-)

> since the PNX8550 counters *do* support auto-reaload mode here -- in 
> fact, this seems to be the only supported mode from the manual excerpt 
> cited here:

> http://www.linux-mips.org/archives/linux-mips/2006-12/msg00194.html

WBR, Sergei

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-06-19 19:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-06-14 10:19 [RFD] Time rework [take #2] Franck Bui-Huu
2007-06-14 10:19 ` [PATCH 1/5] Use generic NTP code for all MIPS platforms Franck Bui-Huu
2007-06-14 10:19 ` [PATCH 2/5] Remove unused time.c for swarm Franck Bui-Huu
2007-06-14 10:19 ` [PATCH 3/5] Deforest the function pointer jungle in the time code Franck Bui-Huu
2007-06-14 11:17   ` Thomas Bogendoerfer
2007-06-14 13:43     ` Franck Bui-Huu
2007-06-14 14:09       ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2007-06-14 14:31         ` Franck Bui-Huu
2007-06-14 16:33           ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2007-06-14 16:54             ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2007-06-15  8:59             ` Franck Bui-Huu
2007-06-15 11:07               ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2007-06-15 13:26                 ` Ralf Baechle
2007-06-15 14:08                   ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2007-06-15 14:21                     ` Ralf Baechle
2007-06-15 14:24                   ` Franck Bui-Huu
2007-06-15 14:38                     ` Ralf Baechle
2007-06-15 15:34                       ` Franck Bui-Huu
2007-06-15 14:35                 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-15 13:49               ` Ralf Baechle
2007-06-15 14:42                 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-17 13:36                 ` Franck Bui-Huu
2007-06-17 16:14                   ` Atsushi Nemoto
2007-06-18  9:38                     ` Franck Bui-Huu
2007-06-18 15:51                       ` Atsushi Nemoto
2007-06-19  7:33                         ` Franck Bui-Huu
2007-06-19 16:08                           ` Atsushi Nemoto
2007-06-19 16:22                             ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-19 16:55                               ` Franck Bui-Huu
2007-06-19 21:58                               ` Ralf Baechle
2007-06-20 10:27                                 ` Franck Bui-Huu
2007-06-19 17:00                             ` Franck Bui-Huu
2007-06-19 17:26                               ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-19 17:31                                 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-19 19:34                                 ` Sergei Shtylyov [this message]
2007-06-18 12:41                   ` Franck Bui-Huu
2007-06-19 19:25                     ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-20 10:24                       ` Franck Bui-Huu
2007-06-14 15:52         ` Franck Bui-Huu
2007-06-14 16:45           ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2007-06-14 10:20 ` [PATCH 4/5] Consolidate all variants of MIPS cp0 timer interrupt handlers Franck Bui-Huu
2007-06-14 10:20 ` [PATCH 5/5] Implement clockevents for R4000-style cp0 timer Franck Bui-Huu
2007-06-14 12:29   ` Atsushi Nemoto
2007-06-14 13:00     ` Franck Bui-Huu
2007-06-17  0:04     ` Ralf Baechle
2007-06-17 17:23       ` Atsushi Nemoto
2007-06-17 19:25         ` Ralf Baechle
2007-06-18 14:22       ` Franck Bui-Huu
2007-06-18 15:14         ` Ralf Baechle
2007-06-18 15:38           ` Franck Bui-Huu
2007-06-18 15:55             ` Franck Bui-Huu
2007-06-18 16:01               ` Ralf Baechle
2007-06-18 17:42               ` Ralf Baechle
2007-06-18 15:37         ` Ralf Baechle
2007-06-19 17:00           ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-20  8:15             ` Ralf Baechle

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